Posted on 10/03/2009 11:09:14 AM PDT by Steelfish
October 02
A PR Nightmare for the Obamas [Victor Davis Hanson]
One can understand an American president’s lobbying for an American city to obtain the Olympics, but the blitz by the Obamas proved a PR nightmare. Let us count the ways:
1) Obama’s brand is trans-nationalism and an “America is not exceptional” multiculturalism. According to his worldview, it makes sense that a South American country — especially a powerful, ascendant country such as Brazil — should at last have its turn at hosting the Olympics. It did not seem consistent that a politician who had reached out to the Castros, Chávez, Morales, and Ortega, in parochial fashion, would lobby for his own hometown over a “yes, we can” Latin American initiative, especially one involving an exciting city such as Rio.
2) The Obama lobbying speeches were counterproductive. The world has its own inspirational narratives and is not impressed that much by the Obamas’ Chicago sagas.
It was accidental but unfortunate that the global viewers had seen some horrific YouTube clips of street fighting in the Windy City, and then were told by Michelle that her father had taught her how to land a right hook, and that it was a sacrifice for her to fly to Denmark to make the case for Chicago.
3) The Chicago bit was overdone. Obama should remember that there is a perfect storm brewing: The more we hear about Valerie Jarrett, Rahm Emanuel, Bill Ayers, and all his old Chicago friends, along with rumors about Tony Rezko–style backroom deals to cash in on Chicago real estate involving the Olympics, and continuing stories about Chicago’s street violence and corruption — the more it hurts the president to be identified as a “Chicago politician” who tries in heavy-handed fashion to implement change through the “Chicago way.”
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"Obama’s messianic appeal is wearing thin, both at home and abroad. I think that once Sarkozy essentially said to the world, “The emperor has no clothes,” the Obama facade crumbled. And here we are."
It’s such a nightmare I can’t wipe this grin off my face!
The Obama’s have a nightmare? What does he think we have?
Losing the Olympics for Chicago was the equivalent of the IOC throwing their shoes at Obama.
Like Iran.
im still waiting for Obama to turn into an American
It’s a twofer ... obama and chicago.
Now, my dear friends from Chicago. If you don’t want the rest of the country to have such an opinion of you, get to work and clean up the damned cesspool that the rest of the country perceives Chicago to be. Elect something other than a democrat. Elect something other than a daley.
The vote indicates a huge middle finger the world shown to them and I hope we can do a nice follow-up in 2010 and 2012.
Obama is Pissed! Someone will pay for this humiliation...watch and see.
For all the talk and adoration from the media it really boils down to him having no accomplishments, none positive anyway. Everything the man touches turns to $hit. Military deaths in Afghanistan up, the economy tanking under dem policies, France of all places showing leadership over the empty suit, etc. Even an ephemeral win for the MSM to spin would be of great importance to the obama cult.
I find it interesting that, as far as the left and the rest of the world is concerned, this business regarding Chicago and the Olympics is a bigger mark against Hussein than the truly dangerous things he is doing, domestically and abroad.
This is a result of having celebrities as leaders (rulers) and a republic governed by pop culture.
Since the SRM and the left are blaming the direct results of Hussein’s naivete and incompetence on Bush, you can predict the outcome of the next major terrorist strike here.
Reminds me of Clinton. At one point he could have had sex on the steps of the Capitol with a 15 YO (of either sex) and it wouldn’t have been his fault. Assuming it even made the news.
Nothing offends a malignant narcissist more than to strut and preen on the Big Stage in front of a World Audience and then have them reveal that they don’t like him.
A little more of this and Obama is REALLY going to go off the rails. Because aside from his being a Kenyan Communist-Muslim, he is also certifiably insane.
Unless you think that Hitler—a similar figure troubled with malignant narcissism—was really just an ordinary guy. But most people at the time thought that Hitler, although he certainly did pretty well as a political leader, was . . . insane.
Hitler just couldn’t stand being criticized or questioned or contradicted. And neither can Obama.
Need one of those smug Obama/Che images with the Olympic rings on his forehead and “FAIL” below. Can you do it for us?
Domestic violence could clean out the White House.
Yeah. But Hitler had brains.
That she called her trip to Sweden a sacrifice was DEVASTATING, not only to Sweden and the Olympic committee, but to all of us....how could ANYONE speck in such immature, selfish, degrading and truly inappropriate terms? It KILLS me that WE PAID for this woman with a chip on her shoulder the size of a gorilla to go to Sweden and insult everyone.
Worse, uhbama's barely kept anger combined with this absolutely ASTOUNDINGLY EVIDENT self love and appreciation came across so clearly I would say he has cooked his own liver, big time.
These are not good people. They are not even people who have really suffered and yet they act as if they survived the holocaust - and NO ONE is buying it. It reeks of self promotion crying out victim even as there is not evidence of abuse.
Adding the rings & text should be pretty straightforward (famous last words...) '-}
It was worth every penny to send them to Denmark to accomplish this olympic failure before the whole world.
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